Boka drilling pulls up more gold (September 08, 2003)
Continued drilling by Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) at the Boka gold project in Yunnan province, China, has return…
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West Raglan yields good nickel grades (September 08, 2003)
Vancouver The promise of additional nickel-copper discoveries in the Raglan belt of northern Quebec got a shot in…
Goldcorp joins Metalcorp at Black Bear
Goldcorp (G-T) has agreed to take up to a 70% interest in Metalcorp’s (MTC-V) 4.3-sq.-km Black Bear property covering the northeast extension of the East Bay deformation zone in the Red Lake gold camp…
Pechiney snubs Alcan sweetener (September 08, 2003)
Alcan (AL-T) has taken a sweetened takeover bid for Paris-listed Pechiney off the table after the latter rejected the bid as too low.The French aluminum maker says the revised bid of 47-48 euro per sh…
WMC pairs up with China’s Jinchuan
Australia’s WMC Resources (WMC-N), the world’s third-largest nickel producer, has signed a US$650-million nickel-supply contract with China’s leading nickel producer, the Jinchuan Group.Under the deal…
Queenston eyes Duquesne West
Queenston Mining (QMI-T) is sending a geological field crew to the Duquesne West gold property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., having recently acquired the right to earn a 60% interest.To earn its interest,…
Committee Bay yields high-grade gold (September 08, 2003)
Vancouver — A 1,477-metre drill program by partners Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) has returned impressive values from the Three Bluffs zone on the Committee Bay gold project…
First Narrows busy in New Brunswick
After topping up its coffers with a recent $829,000 financing, First Narrows Resources (UNO-V) has focused its efforts on exploring its three New Brunswick properties — Chester, Middle River and Gold…
Orvana resizes Don Mario’s LMZ
Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has tabled an updated reserve estimate for the Lower Mineralized zone (LMZ) at its Don Mario mine in southeastern Bolivia.Amec E&C Services pegs total proven and probable reser…
Cross Lake drills QR
An induced polarization survey has outlined what may be a new gold zone at the QR Mine property in British Columbia, reports Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-T).The anomaly, situated 400 metres east of the Ma…
Imperial drills Joss’alun project
Vancouver — Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) reports that Imperial Metals (III-T) has commenced a 1,200-metre drill program on the company’s Joss’alun property in the Atlin area of British Columbia….
First Quantum scrapes by in Q2
Tax credits enabled First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) to overcome a net operating loss and record a small profit for the second quarter.Net earnings totalled US$64,000 in the three months ended June 30, c…